New Delhi, 15/8: India’s defense ties with Washington remain on track with a US delegation set to visit New Delhi this month, even as the South Asian nation grapples with President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs. We are expecting a US Defense Policy Team to be in Delhi in mid-August,” Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for…
Bhubaneswar, 15/8: Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Friday said the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC), which oversees the functioning of the 12th-century shrine in Puri, would be reconstituted within a week. Speaking to reporters after hoisting the tricolour in Puri, he said this would pave the way for the long-pending inventory of the…
Agartala, 15/8: A major attack on Independence Day was thwarted in Tripura as two persons were arrested with explosives, police said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a vehicle was intercepted at Vanghmun in North Tripura on Thursday evening, they said. Two suspected members of the Tripura United National Force (TUNF), a newly-formed outfit, were…
New Delhi, 15/8: First made-in-India semiconductor chip will be launched in the market by the end of this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday Addressing the nation on the 79th Independence Day, Modi said that six semiconductor units are already on ground and four new units have been given green signal.
New Delhi, 15/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday broke Indira Gandhi’s record by delivering 12 consecutive speeches from the ramparts of Red Fort to stand next only to Jawaharlal Nehru who delivered 17 Independence Day addresses in a row. Indira Gandhi held the office between January 1966 and March 1977, and then between January…
New York/Washington, 15/8: US President Donald Trump has claimed that the tariffs imposed on India for purchasing oil from Russia have influenced Moscow’s decision to seek a meeting with Washington, as the country was losing its “second largest customer. The comments come ahead of Trump’s high-profile meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, scheduled for Friday…
New Delhi, 15/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the next generation reforms in Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be unveiled by Diwali, which will provide ‘substantial’ tax relief to common man and benefit small and medium enterprises. Addressing the nation on 79th Independence Day, Modi said the time has come to undertake…
New Delhi 14/8: Three Agniveers were awarded gallantry medals for their roles in Operation Sindoor and other operations. Two of them have got the Sena Medal Gallantry while one has got Mention in Despatches, as per ANI news agency reports. Meanwhile, nine Army personnel including two Junior Commissioned Officers have been awarded the Yudh Sewa…
SUBARNAPUR-14/8:Alleging that a youth named Amit Rana (23) of Bikalpali village under Uphula Gram Panchayat of Birmaharajpur police station in Subarnapur district died after consuming filariasis medicine, his family and villagers have blocked the road at Kanpur Chhak on the Sonepur-Birmaharajpur main road. As a result, traffic is disrupted and hundreds of vehicles are seen…
Srinagar, 14/8: At least 40 people, including two CISF jawans, were killed and over 120 injured after a massive cloudburst struck Chositi village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Thursday afternoon, unleashing flash floods and large-scale destruction along the Machail Mata Yatra route, officials said. More than 200 people are still missing as rescuers…
